Article 6U.K.Transmission of information
1.Air carriers, their agents and tour operators shall take all measures necessary for the receipt, at all their points of sale in the [F1United Kingdom], including sale by telephone and via the Internet, of notifications of the need for assistance made by disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility.
2.When an air carrier or its agent or a tour operator receives a notification of the need for assistance at least 48 hours before the published departure time for the flight, it shall transmit the information concerned at least 36 hours before the published departure time for the flight:
(a)to the managing bodies of the airports of departure, arrival and transit, and
(b)to the operating air carrier, if a reservation was not made with that carrier, unless the identity of the operating air carrier is not known at the time of notification, in which case the information shall be transmitted as soon as practicable.
3.In all cases other than those mentioned in paragraph 2, the air carrier or its agent or tour operator shall transmit the information as soon as possible.
4.As soon as possible after the departure of the flight, an operating air carrier shall inform the managing body of the airport of destination, if situated in the [F2United Kingdom], of the number of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility on that flight requiring assistance specified in Annex I and of the nature of that assistance.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/278), regs. 1(3), 9(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/278), regs. 1(3), 9(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)